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Okay, since it is thanksgiving for us U.S. folks I am wondering how many of us are making their own turkey. The turkey I got is a 12 pounder (lots of leftovers down the road) and has been in the oven for about 3 hours now. It has that golden brown color, mostly, and a bunch of potatoes and carrots cooking inside its pan. :)

 

This is my first turkey I have ever made and so far I haven't caused a fire yet. Key word is yet for I still need to make the stuffing which the mix says would take only 10 to 15 minutes to do. :bat:

 

Anyhoot, I am just glad I live about a block away from the hospital in case anything goes wrong. :aiee:

 

Happy Thanksgiving folks! ;)

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Thanks, KQ. :(

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Well no fires, no poisonings, and the turkey looks done. It has that nice golden brown outer texture and no pink fluid leaking out. When I got the turkey baster I should have gotten a temperature gauge. :p

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I made a turkey a couple times. The first one turned out great, the 2nd ok, and after that, I deemed it too much hassle for just 2 people. But it was kinda fun. And certainly tasty, especially the sandwiches the next day. :mellow:

 

This year I bought a pre-cooked deli chicken. hahahah

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Turkey is easy to cook, its just a matter of not cooking it too long so itll go dry. Its all in the sauce and stuff.

 

 

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Heh, yeah, the turkey itself isn't the big hassle - well, except for thawing it out if you buy a frozen, and in much of the US, it's hard to not buy a frozen - but the whole dinner thing...I like one dish-meals/stir fries vs. lots of side dishes. When I'm the cook anyway.

 

Never tried to cook a ham from scratch. I think most people here buy it precooked and just heat it up with a bit of sauce coated over it.

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You americans. Bah, thanksgiving is old news. We did that last month.

 

We skipped the turkey and had roast duck with amaretto sauce... oh baby.

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You americans. Bah, thanksgiving is old news. We did that last month.

 

We skipped the turkey and had roast duck with amaretto sauce... oh baby.

 

That sounds... amazing.

 

 

I am quite partial to turkey, especially for Thanksgiving, but Roast Duck L'Orange was one of the best meals I've ever had.

 

The wife and visited my parents for the big meal. Lots of great food, especially Mom's homemade apple pie ... with loads of vanilla ice cream, of course.

 

Happy Turducken Day!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating.

 

I'm actually very thankful for this community. I've had a great time here over the last couple years discussing gaming and various odd topics. All the forum members make this easily the most entertaining board I've ever been a regular on. Thanks everybody!

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Like Oerwinde said, we Canadians have 'been there, done that' already. My family has pretty much the same meal for all of the holidays, and nobody seems to mind. But I fear for the day when she asks for her tupperware back.

 

So a happy thanksgiving to our neighbours south of the border!!

 

Looks like there's no holidays left until Festivus. :ph34r:

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Okay, since it is thanksgiving for us U.S. folks I am wondering how many of us are making their own turkey.  The turkey I got is a 12 pounder (lots of leftovers down the road) and has been in the oven for about 3 hours now.  It has that golden brown color, mostly, and a bunch of potatoes and carrots cooking inside its pan.  :p

 

This is my first turkey I have ever made and so far I haven't caused a fire yet.  Key word is yet for I still need to make the stuffing which the mix says would take only 10 to 15 minutes to do.  :aiee:

 

Anyhoot, I am just glad I live about a block away from the hospital in case anything goes wrong.  :aiee:

 

Happy Thanksgiving folks!    :(

 

 

The stuffing's supposed to go inside the turkey. That's why it's called stuffing.

 

Extra stuffing goes in a pan and is called dressing.

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For Christmas I am going to do a ham thing.

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For lunch tomorrow I'm gonna have a seven layer turkey sammich.

 

Assemble bread of your choice, butter, gravy, green beans, dressing, smashed potatoes and turkey into a haphazard and overstuffed sammich. Eat with a fork or lots of napkins.

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They didn't have an all day James Bond marathon. Maybe they'll have it on for the rest of the week.

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Ew. However there was this one police involving a army tank and that was entertaining to watch.

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Now a Swedish Christmas ham takes an expert. Not only do you have to know your hams well enough to buy the right ham, but you will need to cook it carefully with love to get the optimal flavour and texture. A good christmas ham needs to be baked overnight so it takes precision cooking. :thumbsup:"

 

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You dirty swedes stole that from us awesome finns.

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Turkey sucks, straight up dawgs.

 

Its a staple of Christmas lunches in England. I once cooked christmas dinner for my family just to prove to myself I hate turkey and I was right.

 

Oerwinde's roast duck sounds tasteeee! I will try something like that this year.

I am keen to try a Gooducken. :bat:

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The importantthing with gammon/ham is

 

1) Bring it to the boil in water once, and get rid of all the scum and salt.

 

THEN

 

2) Boil it for a few hours in orange juice. You will ne'er do finer.

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